Building Abolition Now! Planting Seeds, Growing Abolitionist Futures (10-29-20)

Published: March 4, 2021, 2:30 a.m.

Join Critical Resistance and the AbolitionNOW coalition for the final session in their series of virtual teach-in's.\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 \nThe prison industrial complex (PIC) is sold as a solution that you turn to for all of your problems but in reality communities need specific solutions that are tailored and not carceral. This panel will explore what safety actually means and a vision for keeping communities safe from harm without prisons, police and systems of state punishment.\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nSpeakers:\n Nia Umoja\n Solange Azor- BYP100\n Mirian Porras - Poder Emma\n Moderator - Cory Lira - Critical Resistance\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nThis event is presented by the AbolitionNOW Network and cosponsored by Haymarket Books, an independent, radical, non-profit publisher. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our continuing to do this important work.\n\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/WLQqzuiTMYQ\n\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\n\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks